Registered Nurse - Operating Room Pre Admission Testing - PRN

Mercy Health System Corporation•Lake Geneva, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse - Operating Room Pre Admission Testing role utilizes the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to care for patients. This role involves performing assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care. The nurse administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies, procedures, standards of care, and state laws/practice acts. Accurate and comprehensive documentation is essential, adhering to established standards. The nurse develops, initiates, and executes patient care plans based on individual needs, physician prescriptions, and hospital policy. They utilize available resources to teach and support patient and family education, ensuring information is conveyed at an appropriate level of understanding. Participation in department or unit performance improvement activities, including shared governance, is expected. The role involves using clinical expertise to guide other units/departments in supporting the patient's longitudinal plan of care, resolving systems breakdowns, and engaging others in finding solutions. Critical thinking is applied to patient safety and experience, managing complex situations, and delegating appropriately. Escalation to the appropriate chain of command is necessary. The nurse positively influences professional and organizational environments and shared governance. They engage in personal development and support system-entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth, including developing or revising evidence-based practice guidelines. Support and participation in peer review and peer feedback opportunities are also part of the role, as is engagement in the professional nursing continuum.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
ADN required upon hire.
Minimum of 2 years experience required.
Licensed as an RN in sWI.
Approved CPR/BLS certification within 90 days.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Other certification(s) per unit requirements. For example: ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP.
May include color blind test (per department guidelines)

Responsibilities

Utilizes the nursing process and critical thinking in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
Performs assessments, planning, intervention and evaluation of care.
Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and state laws/practice act as required by care setting.
Ensures all documentation is accurate and comprehensive in accordance with the established standards of care for documentation at the system and entity levels.
Develops initiates and executes a patient plan of care according to the patient's individualized needs, as prescribed by the physician and/or hospital policy.
Utilizes resources available to teach and support patient and family education.
Provides education to the appropriate level of understanding.
Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, which may include shared governance.
Utilizes clinical expertise & guidance to other units/departments in support of the patient's longitudinal plan of care.
Acts to resolve systems breakdowns and engages self and others in providing solutions.
Utilizes critical thinking in regards to patient safety and patient experience, manages complex situations and delegates to other staff appropriately.
Escalates to the appropriate chain of command as needed.
Positively influences the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
Engages in personal development and supports system-entity opportunities for continuous learning and growth including developing or revising evidence based practice guidelines.
Supports and participates in peer review and peer feedback opportunities.
Participates in the professional nursing continuum.
Supervises nursing support staff as appropriate.